Estimating forest structure in a tropical forest using field measurements, a synthetic model and discrete return lidar data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 161, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-11

  Palace, Michael W ^a   Sullivan, Franklin B ^a   Ducey, Mark J ^a   Treuhaft, Robert N ^b   Herrick, Christina ^a   Shimbo, Julia Z ^c   Mota E Silva, Jonas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomass; Costa Rica; Dbh distribution; Field measurement; Forest model; La Selva; Lidar; Lorey's height; Remote sensing; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOMETRICS; CARBON; DEFORESTATION; OPTICAL RADAR; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; TABLE LOOKUP; TROPICS; VEGETATION;

COSTA RICA; DBH DISTRIBUTIONS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FOREST MODELING; LOREY'S HEIGHT; TROPICAL FOREST;

FORESTRY;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOMASS; BIOMETRY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DIAMETER; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FIELD METHOD; HEIGHT; LIDAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; STEM; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

COSTA RICA; HEREDIA; LA SELVA;

EID: 85027920586     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2015.01.020     Document Type: Article

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